Refrigerator-scale.



O. E. TALLMAN.

REFRIGERATOR SCALE. 7 APPLICATION FILED APR. I. 1916.

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REFRIGERATOR-SCALE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

Application filed April 1, 1916. Serial No. 88,277.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'r'ro E. TALLMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Englevale, in the county of Ransom and State of North. Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Refrigerator- Scales, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to weighing scales, and more particularly to the class of refrigerator scales.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of scales of this character wherein the same are located within the ice compartment of a refrigerator so that the ice when placed upon the tray therefor can be weighed, thereby indicating the quantity of ice contained from time to time within the said refrigerator.

Another object of the invention is the provision of scales of this character wherein the construction thereof is novel in form so that the parts thereof will be permanently confined within the body of the refrigerator and the weight of the ice can be accurately determined when placed and held within the ice compartment or chamher of the refrigerator.

A further object of the invention is the provision of scales of this character wherein the mounting thereof in the ice compartment or chamber does not in any way interfere with the filling of the same with ice nor reduce the capacity of the said compartment or chamber.

A sti l further object of the invention is the provision of scales of this character which are simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efiicient in operation, strong, durable, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an end elevation of a refrigerator showing the scales constructed in accordance with the invention equipped therewith.

Fig.2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the refrigerator.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 41 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of an ice pan used with the scales.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters indicate cor responding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A designates the body of a refrigerator, which is of the ordinary well-known construction, having interiorly thereof the upper ice compartment or chamber B and the lower storage compartment C, while the body of the said refrigerator between the inner and outer walls thereof through the same is formed with a dead air space D, and arranged within the ice compartment B is the ice scale hereinafter fully described.

The scale comprises a weighing platform or frame 10 which is mounted within the ice compartment B spaced above the bottom thereof and is formed in the side limbs thereof near opposite ends with notches 1.1 forming seats for receiving the legs 12 0f an ice tray or pan 13 which is removablv supported upon the platform or frame. The weighing platform or frame 10 is connected with one end of a fulcrum beam 14: which is suitably fulcrumed beneath the said platform or frame, and has connected to its opposite end a rigid rod 15 which extends upwardly through the ice compartment B into the dead air space D into the top of the body A of the refrigerator, the rod being also connected with a rocking lever or beam 16 which is arranged within the said dead air space and is supported intermediate its ends upon a pivot 17 mounted in a bearing 18 fixed within the dead air space medially of the top of the body A.

At one end of the body A of the refrigerator is arranged an indicator pointer 19 which is fixed without the said refrigerator on a stud pintle 20, and carries at one end an adjustable balancing weight 21, while the other end is adapted to ride over and coact with a dial 22 fixed to the outer face of the end of the body and having suitable graduated marks and indicator numerals thereon to enable a person to determine the pounds weight of ice placed within the ice compartment B upon the tray 13 therefor. The stud pintle 20 extends through the body A into the dead air space at one end thereof and has fixed to its inner end an arm 23 to which is connected a rigid rod 24, the same being also connected to the rocking bar or beam 16 so that the indicator pointer 19 will be automatically moved when ice is placed into the tray 13 within the ice compartment 18 of the refrigerator, and by this pointer 19 cooperating with the dial plate 22 a person can accurately determine the pounds weight of the ice stored within the said ice compartment in the refrigerator. The weight 21 is adjustably supported on the arm of the indicator pointer 19 through the medium of a set screw 25 which engages in the weight 21 and is adapted for free movement in an elongated slot formed in the offset extension 26 of the arm of the indicator pointer 19 as shown.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of operation of the device will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is:

1. In a refrigerator having an ice compartment, of a scale platform located therein, a fulcrum beam supporting the platform, a rocking beam movably supported within the body of the refrigerator and having connection with the fulcrum beam, a dial mounted on the body of the refrigerator without the same, an indicator traversable over the dial and having connection with the rocking beam, and a balancing weight adjustably connected with the indicator.

2. In a refrigerator having an ice compartment, of a scale platform located therein, fulcrum beam supporting the platform, a rocking beam movably supported within the body of the refrigerator and having connection with the fulcrum beam, a dial mounted on the body'of the refrigerator without the same, an indicator traversable over the dial and having connection with the rocking beam, a balancing weight adjustably connected with the indicator, and a tray removably supported upon the platform.

3. In a refrigerator having an ice compartment, of a scale platform located therein, a fulcrum beam supporting the platform, a rocking beam movably supported within the body of the refrigerator and having connection with the fulcrum beam, a dial mounted. on the body of the refrigerator without the same, an indicator traversable over the dial and having connection with the rocking beam, a balancing weight adjustably connected with the indicator, a tray removably supported upon theplatform, the said plat form being provided with notches forming seats, and legs on the tray engageable in the seats.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO E. TALLlt IAN.

Witnesses L. M. GULDEN, LILLIAN GULDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. r 

